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QuickBooks have released a new product update, R3. The main changes appear to be concerned with fixing errors in paying high earning directors and providing the new 20% Vat rate in new company files.
Over the next few days you should expect to see a request to install the update when you open up QuickBooks
QuickBooks UK have released the first update to the UK version of QuickBooks 2010.
According to QuickBooks UK this resolves the following issues
• Supplier BACS Information can now be displayed in the Supplier Report.
• Fixed an issue preventing customer/supplier/Accounts lists to be imported via IIF. These lists can now be imported as expected.
• Fixed an issue preventing some customers’ files from upgrading to QB2010, giving error code: 16148 80868 or 16093 43842.
• Memorized reports containing Units of Measure information will now open in files updated from QuickBooks 2008.
• The EC Sales List now reports the Net amounts associated to the ESS and ESZ (EC Goods on Services) VAT Codes.
• VAT Registration number is prevented from displaying in the S.O Number field on printed Invoices.
• Customers can now use the TAB key to move between the Account, credit, and debit fields when making General journal entries.
• When setting Balance sheet format preferences for a company file, the preferences are not applied to other company files, allowing for each company file to have a custom format preference.
• E-Mailing pay slips to employees paid by BACS is now available.
• Fixed an issue that was causing QuickBooks to crash when users tried to modify the VAT Exception Report.
• Adding a job for a foreign customer now allows you to select the currency for the customer job.
• Fixed an issue preventing customers from filing VAT if they were expecting a refund AND have multiple AR accounts.
• Added the option to view Prior VAT Returns in QuickBooks Simple Start
If you have the QuickBooks Auto Update feature enabled, QuickBooks will ask you to confirm the installation of the latest version. The update was released on Thursday 29th July 2010.
QuickBooks have produced a guide for people upgrading from earlier versions of QuickBooks. So if you are thinking of upgrading to QuickBooks 2010 please read this guide before you upgrade.
As I mentioned previously I have been beta testing QuickBooks 2010. QuickBooks 2010 beta testing is progressing very well. The exact release date has not yet been published but I would expect it to be within the next two or three weeks.
I’d like to give you a sneak preview of some of the features in QuickBooks 2010. First of all, having been absent in QuickBooks 2008, multicurrency returns in QuickBooks 2010. I know that many of you have been looking forward to the return of this feature. Updating of exchange rates is automated.
QuickBooks 2010 will operate on Windows 7.
The handling of VAT has also been given a major overhaul. Using QuickBooks 2010 will enable you to file your VAT online, in accordance with the latest government requirements. For those people who like to see the old manual accounting Sales Day book there is the addition of a Sales Day book report. There is also a more user-friendly method for changing the rate of VAT (and looking at the political news, I think this will be needed soon!). There is also a VAT exception report to help track down any VAT oddities.
I have not been able to test it but it looks like the limit on the maximum number of networked users has been increased. I am looking forward to the official release statement to see if this is true.
The built-in help system has been improved and it now looks like the USA version of QuickBooks. In addition, the procedure for upgrading from previous versions has been improved and it is now possible to email invoices in batches, rather than one at a time.
There is also a feature called Company Snapshot which presents a quick graphic view of the company’s performance.
Summary of main changes in QuickBooks 2010
- Multicurrency is back in QuickBooks 2010
- Works with Windows 7
- VAT filing online
- Sales Day book report
- Easier VAT rate changing procedure
- Possible increase in the number of multiple users
- Tools to help while upgrading from previous versions
- Send email invoices in batches
- Company Snapshot report
I will issue an update when I get word of the QuickBooks 2010 release date.
QuickBooks UK and Windows 7
In this report I will explain the current situation regarding QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 and Windows 7. I will explain the problems and give a solution.
According to the official QuickBooks UK site QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 are not compatible with Windows 7.
Although QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 versions will install successfully on Windows 7, these products are not supported by Intuit to be compatible with Windows 7.
Also QuickBooks UK will not be issuing updates to QuickBooks 2006 0r 2008 to make them compatible.
We do not plan to release any updates to make these products compatible with Windows 7. We are working hard to bring a new version of QuickBooks to the UK market which is compatible with Windows 7.
Read their full comment on the official QuickBooks UK site.
Here is my personal experience of using QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 with Windows 7:-
- Initially the installation of QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 on Windows 7 can appear to work successfully. However error messages start appearing within the following days and weeks.
- A major problem is that Windows 7 includes a program called .Net Framework which is supplied with Windows 7 as a built in component. The program .Net Framework is used by QuickBooks for its large library of coded solutions to common programming problems.
- The problem is Windows 7 comes with version 3.5 of .Net Framework, but when you install QuickBooks on to a Windows 7 PC the installation routine installs version 1.1 of .Net Framework.
- These two versions of .Net seem to cause the conflicts which make QuickBooks work unreliable.
- Other software programs make use of .Net and they can fail to work correctly with both .Net versions installed.
- I have not had any success trying to removing the earlier version of .Net. In fact I ended up re-installing Windows 7 to correct it.
- Also QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 prefer to work with Internet Explorer 6. The newer versions of Internet Explorer (which are supplied with Windows 7) give script errors when running the graphic overviews (like the the Home navigator screen).
Due to the above reasons I have found QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 unworkable on Windows 7. However I have found a solution.
Solution – Windows 7 and QuickBooks 2006 and 2008
For the last 3 months I have successfully been using QuickBooks 2006 and 2008 on Windows 7 using Windows 7′s “Virtual XP Mode”. Virtual XP Mode should not be confused with the XP Compatibility mode which is available in all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Virtual XP Mode is only available with Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise editions. So this will not work if you have the Windows 7 Home edition. The purpose of Virtual XP mode is to create a window, in which the XP operating system works using the Ram memory of the PC. Check the Microsoft Virtual XP Mode site for details.
In this Virtual XP Mode window your PC creates a version of Windows XP and so none of the QuickBook/Windows 7 compatibilities discussed above cause problems.
Windows 7 in Virtual XP mode running QuickBooks
When you set up the Virtual XP Mode you assign a portion of your Ram memory to the installation of XP. I recommend using 1 Gb of Ram for the XP installation. I have tested this with a PC with 6Gb of Ram running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit operating system. and it works well. Setting up printers to work with Virtual XP Mode can be a bit awkward because you have to select the port number manually.
Windows 7 is supplied in 32 and 64 bit versions. If you are given the option then choose the 64 bit version because this allows you to overcome the Ram memory of 3.5Gb (approximate) that the 32 bit version has. I have not tried Windows 7 (32 bit) with Virtual XP mode but it is supported by Microsoft.
Apart from the printer issue, everything works as it should do. I have not tested this with earlier versions of QuickBooks but I would expect it to work with any QuickBooks version compatible with Windows XP.
I hope that this clarifies the current situation for you.
On 24th September QuickBooks UK issued update R12 for QuickBooks 2008 Pro and Premier. If you have automatic updates switched on then you should have received the update.
If you need to you can download the update from the QuickBooks UK website.
To check which version you have press Control + 1